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CZAR WINS SEA BATTLE IN BALTIC
Great Banker Shot
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By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager of International
News Service.)
LONDON, July 3.—With more than
3*0 Russian and German warships tak
ing part, a great naval battle Is rag
ing in the Baltic, according to re
ports received here to-day from Co
penhagen. The battle began off the
Swedish coast on Friday morning
with ten cruisers and twenty torpedo
boats participating. The Russians
opened the attack, and some of the
German ships were reported to have
been badly damaged and forced to re
tire. In the meantime, however, other
German cruisers arrived on the scene,
and the Russians were forced to re
tire northward under the heavier fire
of their opponents’ guns.
Further details have been received
of the attack upon the German mine
layer Albatross, which, upcM being
chased by four Russian cruisers, was
beached upon Gothland Island wich
27 dead upon her decks. A Stock
holm dispatch says that the Swedish
Ambassador at Petrograd has been
ordered to make a protest against the
alleged violation of Swedish neutral
ity in the attack upon the Albatross.
Among the 27 killed upon the Alba
tross were Captain L/Owettherd and
the ship’s doctor. Thirty-three others
were badly wounded. The ^>. r » un
wounded seamen were interned by the
Swedish Government at Roma.
The Albatross uad put to sea under
the convoy of four cruisers of tne
Augeberg type. She carried 225 men
and was under orders to mine Rus
sian ports. While lying in a fog, a
flotilla of Russians cruise s came up
and opened fire, 25 shells raking the
mine layer and cutting away her
masts.
Official Intelligence from the full
operations is lacking, but the Ger
man Admiralty denied the Russian
report that a cruiser of the Magde
burg type lad been sunk off Win-
dau.
From the various dispatches re
ceived from Stockholm, 'Copenhagen
and Petrograd it is indicated that
there is great naval activity in more
than one sphere of the Baltic, ind
I hat considerable damage was inflict
ed by the guns on both sides. The
German battleship Wittelsbach and
another battleship of the Kaiser class
are reported to have put into Kiel
with many shell rents under the wa
ter line.
Stockholm reports that the sound
of heavy gun fire was heard oft Goth
land for many hours on Friday.
Czar’s Fleet Victor,
Petrograd Claims
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PETROGRAD, July 3.—Russian and
German warships have met in their
first big naval battle in the Baltic Sea
and the Czar’s fleet has won, accord
ing to an official statement issued by
the Admiralty to-day.
A German cruiser was badly darn
ed by the fire of the Russian gun
ners and was run ashore to escape
linking, The official statement says.
The battered warship lowered its flag
herore it was beached.
The battle took place off the Island
nr Gothland.
A icussian submarine has sunk
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
Another 500,000
Russians Captured
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent Interna
tional News Service.)
BERLIN, July 3.—The German
troops have captured 1,630 Russian
officers and 520,000 men in the
fighting from May 20 to June 17, is
the claim made in a semiofficial
statement by the Overseas
News Agency to-day. It also
says that the Germans ; * believed
to have captured 300 field guns, 770
machine guns and war material
which can not yet be calculated.
Police Called
by Girls to
Slay Bug
The body of a slain Microcentrum
retinervis lay Saturday morning in
the rain at the corner of DeKalb and
North Moreland avenues, awaiting a
decent burial. It had been ruthlessly
dispatched Friday night by policeman
J. F. Lowe, at the Instance of two
frightened girl operators of the At
lanta Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, who had sent an S. O. S. to
Lowe and Serbeant G. T. Butler. The
policemen hurried there and when ne
gazed on the scene It was with a dis
tinct feeling of horror.
One of the hello girls stood on the
switchboard with her skirts gathered
close about her ankles, while the
other was perched utfon a spring-back
chair with her hands pressed tightly
over her ears. For there sat the for
midable Microcentrum retinervis, and
he would not budge an inch.
Desperately Policeman Lowe par
ried a lick from the invader, then,
getting under its guard, he knocked it
out prone. Policeman Lowe recorded
in the station house log that he had
killed a katydid, which is the com
mon name for the beast mentioned
above, and, explaining the adventure
to his fellow officers, declared that he
always tried to do a good job when he
went to the help of a lady.
\s for the hello girls, they asserted
that the creature’s rasping noise,
made by rubbing his wing-mem
branes together, was sufficient to
strike dfsmay in the doughtiest, and.
as for the creature’s size, its bulging
eyes and general demeanor, they were
full terrible to behold.
Crown Prince’sArmy,
Repulsed,Tries Again
’’-♦ARIS, July 3.—Another repulse of
the German Crown Prince’s army In
the Argonne is announced in the com
munique issued by the French War
Office this afternoon. The battle s
still in progress, however.
Very heavy losses have been inflict
ed upon the Germans, but they have
maintained their attacks during the
third day of the conflict. The Ger
mans have succeeded In holding their
positions, though subjected to fierce
assaults both by night and day.
Wilson Gets in
Morning of Golf
CORNISH, N. H.. July 3. —For the
first time In several days President
Wilson was able to play folf this
morning, rainstorms having prevented
previously. The President also took
a short automobile ride. The morn
ing dispatches brought news of the
explosion at the Capitol d the death
of Porflrio Diaz in Paris, but the Pres
ident had no comment to make.
‘0 God, I Didn’t Want
War,’ Prays Kaiser
AMSTERDAM, July 3.—A dispatch
from Berlin says that during a recent
visit of the Kaiser to the western
front. In a neighborhood where many
of the German soldiers had been
killed, the Emperor alighted from his
horse and kneeled on the ground,
where he uttered a prayer. Rising,
he raid: “Oh, God, I did not want this
war.”
NEED AT
CLEARWATER, FLA., July 3.—J.
J. Mendenhall, a well known lumber
man and orange grower, is under ar
rest here to-day on the charge of
murdering two women, said to be
Mrs. Charles W. Elliott and her
daughter, a Miss Andrews, last night
on a lonely road between Safety Har
bor and Tampa. Identification was
almc»st Impossible, because the bodies
had been drenched with gasoline and
set on fire.
Guy Stemple, of Tampa, Is held
there as the sole witness. He - has
told an involved sort x>t story, to the
effect that he was hired by Menden
hall to drive the car for him and the
two women.
Chauffeur's Explanation.
“We left the main road at Mocoaein
Bridge,” he said, “and took a little-
traveled road toward Safety Harbor.
I was driving. I heard a sort of
crash and glass breaking. It seems
the man had hit one of the women in
the head with a bottle.
“I checked the car and tried to stop
the struggle. Then I got scared and
ran away. I heard three shots. I
went back to the main road, and was
picked up by a passing motor car,
and came on to Clearwater. There I
told what I had seen, and when the
authorities took me back we found
the car burned and with it two bod
ies, charred.”
Mendenhall also was picked up by
a relative in his car and taken to
Clearwater. He kissed his wife good
night, and retired. He was arrested
at daybreak, being awakened from an
apparently sound sleep.
Dual Life Alleged.
It is said that. Mendenhall had been
living a dual life, and that the mother
of the girl with whom he was living
unlawfully had threatened to have
him arrested under the Mann white
slave act because he would not di
vorce his wife and marry the girl.
Mendenhall was charged . with
murdering his first wife some years
ago, and was acquitted on the testi
mony of his present wife. The family
is prominent in society, both his pres
ent wife and his daughter being tal
ented and well known In the winter
social colony at the famous Belle-
view Hotel.
Hammock, the relative with whom
Mendenhall came to Clearwater last
night, also has been arrested.
Moral: Dont
Get Gay With
the Cops
Some four or six thousand years
ago, or more, or less, a band of
sportive youngsters mad© fun of a
bald-headed prophet’s dome of
thought and advised him to rent the
same as a skating rink for flies, or
words to that effect, and got Into a
mess of trouble with a couple of
bears.
A similar lack of reverence for
onion pates and blue uniforms got
Charles Jones, youthful Senegambian,
Into trouble Friday In the Recorder’s
Court—only it was “bulls” and not
bears that pursued Charles, and cap
tured him, and dragged him, howling,
to the hoosgow.
Charles, 11 years old, small, and so
black that the ac© of spades would
look like a splash of whitewash on
him, made a face at W. C. Hardy,
representing the majeaty of the lav
at Five Points. It was an awful face,
the policeman testified. He fancied It
would haunt him on dark nights here-
.after. He could hardly mention that
face without a shudder.
After Charles had perpetrated the
face, he fled The officer followed and
there was a wild chase through the
downtown district, but it was another
cop, McWilliams, in ordinary cloth
ing. that made the capture.
Charles drew eleven days and a
wad of good advice from the Re
corder.
Suite-Seekers
Find What They Want
Listed in the
“Apartment-to-Let” Columns
of the
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Every Day and Sunday
Girl Takes Poison
When Pal Deserts
A young woman, giving her name
as Miss Ovaline Nelson, was taken
from her room at No. 111-C Spring
street to Grady Hospital Saturday
afternoon, suffering from iodine poi
soning, having attempted suicide.
She was in a semiconscious condi
tion and physicians held little hope
for her recovery. She told the ambu
lance surgeon. Dr. W. A. Newman,
that she wanted to die because she
had been deserted by a girl compan
ion with whom she had come to At
lanta two months ago to seek work.
Kidnaper of Bride
Escapes From Prison
LEAVENWORTH, KANS., July 3,
Hf mer McCord, the so-called Kansas
“bride kidnaper,” and Frank Wil
liams, convicts In the State prison at
Lansing, escape i from the prison coal
mine by a perilous 800-foot climb up
the perpendicular ''aft.
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The criticism of Chief Beavers by
the Police Commission, in which it
was charged that vice was scattered
"promiscuously over the city” and
that there was a general lack of dis
cipline and effort on the part of the
police, led Chief Beavers to issue an
other of his special orders for the
town to be cleaned up Saturday.
He started, with the morning watch,
with the admonition for special vigi
lance In watching locker clubs, ques
tionable characters, gamblers and
auto drivers who exceed the speed
limit.
Beavers' deep concern over the com
ments that have been made about his
department, particularly the declara
tion by Commissioner James W. Eng
lish that the time had come tor At
lanta to secure a “broad-gauged irfd
intelligent Chief,” was shown when,
with Detective Chief Newport Lan-
ford, he called at Captain English’s
office Friday afternoon and heW an
extended conference.
What transpired at that conference
no one of the participants would dis
close. but It was considered signifi
cant that the two Chiefs, whose rela
tions up to this time have been any
thing but pleasant, according to the
report of the probe committee of the
Police Commission, should make the
visit together.
Beavers issued another order Sat
urday switching nearly half of the
patrolmen. The “split” watch also was
abolished by order of the Police Com
mission and the men assigned in palrg
to be stationed at the Are engine
houses for emergence- calls.
The “vice squad’’ got busy Friday
night, docketing the following cases:
Mrs. L. S. Miller, No. 1*72 South
Forsyth street; Miss Ruth Jones,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Miss Elizabeth Lee,
No. 172 South Forsyth st eet; Charles
Hemphill, who gave his address as
the Aragon Hotel, and L. M. Harrison,
of Columbus, Ga.
Chief Beavers prepared to recom
mend ten of the veteran policemen
for retirement on pensions, his plan,
under suggestions from members of
the commission, being to replace them
with young men. Several of those
slated to go have protested, claiming
that they are still able to work.
Following charges made by Miss
Helen Monroe, an actress, that he had
attempted to put his arms around her,
Ed Arthur, police movie censor, was
removed from that position and as
signed to patrol duty in uniform. The
removal of Arthur followed a confer
ence with Recorder Joh ison and
Chief Beavers. Arthur’s place will be
taken by James A. McKlbben, a for
mer member of Beavers’ vice squad,
and lately doing special work in the
Chief’s office.
No Move Made to
Put Chief on Trial
Those who are wont to keep a sharp
eye upon the developments in local
politics talked Saturday of what ap
peared to be a strange anomaly in the
policy of the Police Commission.
Mayor Woodward, who has spoken
openly, and many others, who have
confined their comments to private
conversation, make the bold state
ment that, while the full commission,
except for a few vociferous protests
by W. A. Vernoy, a whole-souled ad
mirer of Chief Beavers, has. to all in
tents and purposes, branded Chief
Beavers’ administration as Inefficient
and incompetent, still there are not
enough members to make a majority
who are Willing to proceed and remedy
the situation.
These criticisms, charging sinister
politics, are due to the fact that, while
almost every member of the Police
Commission states that the next step,
following the adoption of the adverse
report on Chief Beavers’ direction of
the department of the probe commit
tee should be to file charges against
Beavers and try him, no move has
been made in that direction.
J. PIERPONT MORGAN.
Assailant’s
Own Story
(By International News Service.)
GIJXCOVE, N. Y., July 3.—Three
hours after he had been arrested for
shooting J. P. Morgan, the would-be
assassin gave his name as F. Holt,
stating that he was a resident of Itha
ca, N. Y., and a former professor of
French at Cornell University. He
made a signed statement before
Judge William E. Luyster, of Glen-
cove, setting forth the reason why he
shot the financier. The sworn state
ment follows:
“I, F. Holt, of Ithaca. N. Y., lAtely a
professor of French In Cornell Uni
versity, do hereby testify to Judge
William E. Luyster, of Glencove, to
tell fully the facts of my attempt to
assassinate J. Pierpont Morgan July
3, 1915, at 'East Island,’ Glencove,
N. Y.
“About three days ago I decided to
come to Glencove, the country home
of Mr. J. P. Morgan. My previous trip
to the home of Mr. Morgan was to
find out where he lived and study the
surrounding country.
“This morning, July 3, I decided
again to come to Glencove. I caught
an early train out of New York to
Glencove. The purpose of my coming
here was to catch Mr. Morgan before
he went away for the day. I ar
rived at Glencove at 8:30. I walked
up to a gentleman who runs a taxi
cab* at the station, and asked him to
take me to the home of Mr. J. P. Mor
gan The purpose of my visit to Mor
gan was to see If I could Influence
him to stop sending ammunition to
European countries.
"After entering the grounds of Mr.
Morgan's estate, Mr. Ford, who was
driving the taxicab, drove up to the
door of Mr. Morgan’s house. The but
ler asked me what I wanted to see
Mr. Morgan about. I told him that
It was very Important—that it con
cerned the European war.
“The butler told me that Mr. Mor
gan was busy; that he was in confer
ence w’ith the British Ambassador to
the United States, and that he couldn't
see me. I insisted upon seeing Mr.
Morgan. The butler continued to tell
me he was busy and couldn’t see me.
“Then I drew a revolver, pointed It
at the butler and told him I had to see
Mr Morgan. The butler backed into
the main hall, and I followed after
him. Mr. Morgan, hearing the com
motion. came to the door leading into
the hall, and I fired two shots at him.
One hit him in the leg, and the other
hit him in the side.
“I am very sorry to cause this In
jury to Mr. Morgan, but I wanted to
ask him If he would stop this slaugh
ter of our European brothers.
“I do hereby testify and swear to
the above statement to Judge William
E. Luyster.
“F. HOLT.”
' BY FRANK D. BENH/f ’
(Special Correspondent International News Service.)
GLENCOVE, N. Y., July 3.—J. Pierpont Morgan, head of the
great banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., was shot twice at his
summer home to-day by F. Holt, of Ithaca, N. Y., former pro
fessor of French at Cornell University, who is believed to have
been driven insane by reading accounts of the European war. One
bullet entered the leg and the other the left side, penetrating the
groin, but the attending physicians declare that neither is serious.
the time, hurried out to ascertain the
cause of the commotion.
Butler Grapples With Man.
As Mr. Morgan appeared the butler,
mastering his fear, grappled with the
assailant, who was shuoting: “I can
not help It; I must see Morgan. This
war ha.s got to stop. It has gone too
far now. I’ve come here to serve ray ,
country.”
In the scuffle the weapon was
dropped, but the would - be assassin,
breaking the other’s grip, drew anoth
er pistol, a -38-caliber weapon.
"Help my country." he* shouted at
the financier, who had stopped short
at the sight which greeted his eyes.
Before Mr. Morgan could say any
thing the man began to Are. One
bullet struck Mr. Morgan in the leg,
Inflicting a flesh wound, and the other
hit him in the side. The financier re
tained his presence of mind and startl
ed forward for his assailant. The
noise had aroused the household, and
servants were pouring in from all di
rections. Even the housemaids took
part In overpowering the man.
Wounded Banker Collapsed.
The butler had picked up a heavy
brass coal hod, which he hurled at
the stranger, striking him in the fore
head and knocking him down. In th#
meantime Mr. Morgan, not knowing
how badly he was hurt, staggered
into his library and collapsed in a
'chair.
Some of the servants were tele
phoning for T>r. william Zabrfski and
for the police; others were caring for
(he financier, and still others were
trussing up the wounded man, who
was now confidently believed to be an
anarchist.
When Dr. Zabrlskl arrived he made
a hasty examination and Immediately
reassured the family that Mr. Mor
gans wounds were slight and that no
fears need be felt.
Raves When Overpowered.
Constable Frank McCahlll arrived
and took charge of the prisoner. The
stranger, his face and clothes covered
with blood from the cut In his fore
head. was in the hg.il of the Morgan
home shouting at the assembled serv.
ants, who glared back at him. All
were armed with such nondescript
weapons as shovels, canes, gardening
articles, and, in short, anything that
could be found.
"I was sent by God to do this,"
screamed the man. “Nobody helped
me. I am an American citizen. I am
willing to pay with my life for what
I have done.”
It was evident the man thought he
had killed Mr. Morgan.
Mr. McCahlll hastened the man uv
the town hall, where he was ques
tioned.
“I won’t tell my name, >ut I am an
American citizen.” declared the pris
oner.
“Mr. Morgan ought to stop this
war. He Is the only one who can ao
it. I want the world to know my po-
sltion. My country will thank me for
thl© noble deed.” .
Insane, Says Physician.
When the nrlsoner learned that \fr. 5
Morgan had been w'ounded only
slightly, he exclaimed with an oath:
“I failed, but God willed it should
be done.”
The prisoner further showed his
pro-German tendencies when he
talked about^the position of J. F\
Morgan & Co. as the fiscal agents and
ammunition buyers of the Allies in
this country.
Shortly after his arrest, the man
was arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Luyster, on a charge of felo-
gan, who was reading in his library at nious assault, and held witty* ut bail.
Holt had two revolvers fully
loaded and two suit cases, one
of which contained a great quan
tity of dynamite, together with
fulminating caps. The shooting
was done with a .32-caliber re
volver.
Holt Talks Irrationally.
Holt talked in an Irrational manner
after his arrest, saying:
“I have been sent by God to do
this. Morgan 1s the only one who
couki end the war. and I was a 11-
vlne agent in trying to destroy him.”
In the prisoner’s pocket was found
an American Express Company re
ceipt showing that Holt had recently
shipped a package from Ithaca to F.
S. Slnsabauch, No. 101 Marseilles
street, Dallas, Texas. Holt said he
had recently obtained a pi sltion near
Dallas.
Holt visited "East Island.” the Mor
gan summer home, three days ago *o
reconnoiter before he tried to kill the
financier.
One of the weapons Holt carried
was a .38-caliber revolver; the other
was a .32. It was a .32-callber pistol
that was used against Mr. Morgan.
Immediately after the attack on the
banker Holt was brought here and
locked up pending his removal to the
county jail at Mineola. After his ar
rest he raved about the war, declar
ing over and over that Mr. Morgan
could end the war If he wanted to.
Arrives «t Morgan Home.
Holt arrived upon the 8:30 train on
the Long Island Railroad and ap
proached M. F. Ford, who operates a
taxicab service in Glencove.
“I want to be driven to the resi
dence of J. P. Morgan,” said the man.
“I want you to take me there quickly,
for I am In a big hurry.”
The man was well dressed and
Ford’s suspicions were In no wise
aroused by the request.
The fare got Into the taxicab and
began to read a newspaper. He
showed no symptoms of nervousness
and was entirely self-possessed. The
distance to “East Island,” the Morgan
country place, was quickly covered.
When the Morgan place was
reached the stranger got out of the
cab, and, as he paid his fare, he re
marked to the tajcicab driver:
“This Is the man who is responsi
ble for the European war,” at the
same time pointing toward the pala
tial mansion nestling among the
trees.
The chauffeur, believing from the
man’s appearance that he was a busi
ness acquaintance of the banker,
thought nothing of the remark and
made some commonplace reply as he
drove away.
Stranger Denied Admittance.
Passing up the driveway, the visi
tor rang the bell, which was answered
at once by a butler.
"I wish to see Mr. Morgan,” said
the man. As an after thought he
added, as though to insure his seeing
the banker, “It Is very important.”
The servant disappeared, but after
a moment returned, saying
‘ Mr. Morgan regrets to say that he
can not see you because he is very
busy.”
This aroused the stranger's anger.
“Won’t he see me?” he snarled,
drawing a .38-callber revolver from
his pocket. “Hd will see me. He is
responsible for this war and It has
got to stop. He Is the man who can
stop It.”
The butler, upon seeing the weapon,
gave a shout of fear, and Mr. Mor- |